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Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety Newsletter – With Video on 3rd Global Ministerial Event held one month ago in Sweden
Did you Know? That CARSP is a member of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety! Here is their latest newsletter GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF NGOs FOR ROAD SAFETY Newsletter | 27 March 2020 Dear Friends, COVID-19 has quickly…
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Rethinking Right Turn on Red (RTOR)
Novae Res Urbis Toronto, March 6, 2020, Vol. 24, No. 10 City of Toronto Ward 11 (University-Rosedale) Councillor Mike Layton is calling on city staff to investigate how prohibiting right-turns-on-red (RTOR) might help Toronto meet its Vision Zero goal of…
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Making a Vision Zero Commitment in Canada: A Parachute White Paper
This White Paper reviews road safety frameworks in Canada, the evolution of Vision Zero internationally and provides resources for practical implementation of Vision Zero in Canada. The paper includes two tools, “Indicators of a Vision Zero Community” and the three-part…
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CARSP Board Director Election – Call for Nominations – Deadline March 30th!
Nominations Sought for CARSP Board Directors The Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP) is seeking directors for its Board. It is important to seek new directors to the Board on a regular basis to ensure fresh ideas are being…
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Drug-impaired driving increases slightly, overall impact of cannabis ‘lower than expected’: City report
Edmonton Journal (EDMONTON, ONTARIO) Edmonton police have seen a slight increase in drug-impaired driving since cannabis was legalized but its overall impact has been lower than expected, says a report going to the community and public services committee. The report…
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Tougher distracted driving fines take effect Feb. 1
SGI (REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN) February’s Traffic Safety Spotlight is focused on distracted driving – just as fines are set to increase Feb. 1, 2020. “Distracted driving is a serious safety concern in our province, and on roads all over the country,”…
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CARSP in the News! Who is Responsible for Road Safety?
One of CARSP’s Board Members, Raheem Dilgir (of Transafe) had the opportunity to represent CARSP on a CBC Radio Morning Talk Show. Listen to the recording here. Click “Play Segment”.
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Rising marijuana use by drivers and growing prevalence among drivers in fatal crashes warrants concern
TIRF (OTTAWA, ONTARIO) The Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) announces the release of two new fact sheets on marijuana use by drivers in Canada. National trends in the use of marijuana among Canadian drivers are summarized in TIRF’s Road Safety Monitor…
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Drive drunk twice in Quebec, get ignition breathalyzer for life
CBC News (MONTREAL, QUEBEC) Starting Monday, Quebec motorists convicted of drunk driving twice in 10 years will have to blow into a breathalyzer every time they start a car — for the rest of their lives. Their licence will be…
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What municipalities and road safety stakeholders need to know about snow clearing around road-rail level crossings: Highlights from a recent Transportation Safety Board (TSB) investigation (2018)
By Christina Rudin-Brown, Ph.D, CCPE Dr. Christina (Missy) Rudin-Brown has been a Senior Human Factors Investigator since joining the TSB in 2012 and is currently Manager of the TSB’s Human Factors and Macro Analysis Division. Full Article in the Fall…
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CARSP in the News!
Shabnem Afzal, CARSP’s Vice President, was a guest on BC Today (out of Vancouver), during their noon hour talk show on September 17, 2019. The topic was a recent string of traffic collisions in B.C., most notably the bus collision…
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New Event Posted! Free Networking Event for Young Professionals in Road Safety
https://carsp.ca/events/free-networking-event-for-young-professionals-in-road-safety/
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Feds put up $5.4M to combat drug-impaired driving
CTV News (OTTAWA, ONTARIO) The Government of Canada announced funding to combat drug-impaired driving on Friday. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Ralph Goodale announced that $5.4 million over five years will be used to increase capacity among officers…
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How Justice Canada’s ‘inaccurate and misleading’ impaired driving tweet sparked blame, confusion
Global News (OTTAWA, ONTARIO) The Department of Justice put its social media plans to promote a new impaired driving law on hold earlier this summer after it received sharp criticism online over a now-deleted tweet that one senior departmental official described internally…
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Speed cameras now active in 5 B.C. intersections, 30 more to roll out by next year
Global News (VICTORIA, B.C.) The B.C. Government is confident it can win any legal challenge against new speed cameras, five of which were activated Monday. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said the province’s lawyers are certain the intersection cameras will not…
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‘You hesitate, you lose lives’: Toronto votes for more aggressive Vision Zero road safety plan
Toronto Star (TORONTO, ONTARIO) City council has voted to reboot its road-safety plan, as its first attempt failed to reduce traffic deaths. Three years after endorsing the city’s first Vision Zero strategy aimed at eliminating road fatalities, councillors voted unanimously Tuesday…
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Are Canada’s pot-impaired driving penalties too strict? New study suggests yes
Global News (VICTORIA, B.C.) A new study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) is suggesting that Canada’s cannabis-impaired driving penalties may be too strict. That’s after researchers found no link between low levels of THC, the psychoactive chemical in…
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Federal government takes steps to curb bus, truck driver fatigue in Canada
CBC News (OTTAWA, ONTARIO) Canada is making electronic logging devices mandatory for federally regulated commercial truck and bus drivers in an effort to combat driver fatigue and improve road safety. Electronic devices track when and how long drivers have been…
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CARSP Board Director Election Results Are In!
We are pleased to announce that all candidates were elected to the CARSP Board! Congratulations to returning Board Directors Alex Nolet, Raheem Dilgir and Mavis Johnson. Congratulations also to new Board Directors Shabnem Afzal and Brian Jonah! The switch over…